Chapter 7: River Governance (9)

"This Zheng Xiaofei is just a bad stomach!" Chai Rong quietly spat on the ground, muttering with a smile.

was stared at by Wang Jun all day long, and he usually even carried one hundred and twenty cautions when walking. It was in Zheng Ziming's barracks that he finally felt alive again, living like a real person, not a puppet in a temple.

Just as she was sighing, suddenly Pan Mei rode a horse and hurried past not far from her feet. He couldn't help but be curious, waved his arm, and greeted loudly, "General Pan, you are early in the morning, where are you going!"

However, there were too many people in the barracks, and the other party was in a hurry. I didn't hear him call at all, so I just continued to move my mount farther and farther.

"Come on, call Pan Xiaomei'er for me!" Chai Rong suddenly felt a little embarrassed, his eyes rolled, and his heart immediately swelled a little narrowly.

Guo Zhi and other personal guards followed Chai Rong in the battle of Jizhou last year. has long been very familiar with Pan Mei. Hearing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince call out Pan Mei's nickname, he immediately shouted unscrupulously, "Little Sister Pan, stop! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is looking for you!"

"Little Sister Pan, stop, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has something to do with you!"

"Little Sister Pan's ......"

"Who the hell is grandma looking for death? I told you no a long time ago, who dares to call me Pan Xiaomeier again, Lao Tzu ......" Pan Mei grabbed the reins sharply, turned around and glared angrily. After seeing clearly that the guy who called his nickname was actually the crown prince Chai Rong, he quickly put away his anger and grinned, "The last general has seen His Highness, I wish His Highness a long life and good health!"

"Okay, I didn't hear what you scolded just now!" Chai Rong's "conspiracy" succeeded, and he didn't care about himself. He smiled and waved vigorously.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Pan Mei's face suddenly turned red, turned over and dismounted, and approached with the reins, "I didn't want to scold people just now, men in the army, it's inevitable to be rude." Some stupid ......"

"Okay, I said I didn't hear it!" Chai Rong smiled again and waved his hand, "Early in the morning, where are you going in such a hurry?

"If I go back to His Royal Highness, I will be ordered by my marquis to gather the big families in Jiaxian County and go to the county yamen to discuss land sales and fundraising. My lord, my lord, should be organizing people to distribute porridge to the homeless people at this time. He feared that the brethren would be grumpy and frightened the people. So be sure to see it yourself!"

"Oh, that's how it should be!" Chai Rong smiled and nodded admiringly, "However, if you gather the big families in the county to raise donations, is your marquis thinking too simply? Those people, as far as Gu knows, are all iron roosters who can't pull out a hair!"

In the latter sentence, he came to the conclusion after personal observation. The three counties of Jiahe, Qinghe and Linhe have fertile soil and convenient water sources, so although they are three projectile lands, there are many rich families living in the city full of grain and cattle and sheep. But these people are very stingy one by one. Seeing the city's homeless people starving to the bone, instead of donating some food to help the government for disaster relief, they hoarded Juqi and rushed to launch a national disaster.

"Your Highness, don't you know, my lord, never fights uncertain battles!" After listening to Chai Rong's reminder, Pan Mei was not in a hurry at all, but showed a mysterious smile on her face, "You just wait to hear the good news, rest assured, this group of rich people, before dark, will definitely rush to send food to the barracks!"

"Oh, but you are not allowed to use force!There are countless pairs of eyes in the court staring at your general!" Hearing Pan Mei say it so confidently, Chai Rong couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and hesitated to advise.

"When did Your Highness ever see my marquis use a knife against his own people?" Pan Mei shook her head, and the smile on her face became more and more mysterious, "Don't believe it, you can go and see it yourself later." Your Highness, I beg your pardon for going first!"

As he spoke, he didn't give Chai Rong a chance to ask questions. He rolled over and jumped on his mount and galloped away.

"This guy, alas, forget it! What will bring what soldiers!" It has been a long time since anyone dared to be so rude in front of him, and Chai Rong was somewhat unaccustomed to it. However, in the blink of an eye, they found ample excuses for the other party's behavior. "That is, under Ziming's hands, these people are all alive. If someone else comes to take them, they all become elm bumps. ”

That being said, he was a little relieved in his stomach after all. Therefore, after having breakfast, he took care of some daily official business a little, changed into the robes worn by ordinary junior officers, and took Guo Zhi and more than 20 other personal guards, and rushed towards Jiahe County.

Along the way, a tributary team of people can be seen everywhere, led by three or two soldiers of the Cangzhou army, in a relatively high position outside the city, with temporarily cut tree trunks and branches, to build a shack. Although every homeless person is so hungry that their faces are yellow and thin, because they have just eaten a full meal and have a little hope in their hearts, most of them have re-exuded the color of life in their eyes.

Those old and young women and children who can't do work are also much more energetic than before. They were placed in groups in a sunny place, and while helping the officers and soldiers fill firewood under the large iron pot erected, they scooped boiling water from the iron pot and washed the few clothes they had at hand.

In the crowd, there were seven or eight teenagers dressed as scholars, and they were only about thirteen or fourteen years old. But like a group of little adults, holding a wooden board full of words, he loudly announced: "According to the edict of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the order of the champion Hou Zheng, from today onwards, all men over the age of 15 and under the age of 45 will go to the barracks to help, and work in exchange for life-saving rations for the whole family." Girls over the age of 15 and under the age of 45 may go to the women's battalion on the right side of the barracks for the same remuneration as men. Those over the age of 45 who have no children to support will be placed in another camp, with one meal each day in the morning and evening, and a new piece of clothing in the autumn. Under the age of 15 and without parental supporters......"

Although the voice is immature, it reads sentence after sentence, clearly and smoothly, and is coherent.

"Our Marquis Zheng, although the means are not very exquisite, the effect is really not bad!" Chai Rong's henchman Guo Zhi was an orphan in his early years, and when he heard Zheng Ziming arrange it so carefully, he couldn't help but raise his hand and rub his eyes, and praised him angrily.

"Isn't it, yesterday these homeless people were still crying and shouting, saying that they would not leave the city for anything. As a result, just two handfuls of lime and a pot of porridge with meat, all the troubles were solved!"

"I don't look at who our Marquis Zheng is, I think that at the beginning, the gentry and the castle owners in Cangzhou joined forces to deal with him, and they were all easily settled by him. At the moment, it's just 200,000 displaced people!"

"You can't say that, you can use it strong in Cangzhou at the beginning, but this time you can't beat or scold. ”

"But don't you, if you want me to say, the errand of rehousing displaced people is harder than fighting!"

......

The relatives and guards gossiped and poured out words of admiration like money. When the crown prince Chai Rong heard this, instead of feeling jealous, he felt that his body was fluttering, as if two breezes had been born under his armpits. With a little bit of effort, you can make yourself soar to the top.

Zheng Ziming is a good brother he picked up from halfway through, and Zheng Ziming is his confidant and favorite general who he supported with one hand. Over the years, from Lijiazhai to Cangzhou to the Jizhou front, Zheng Ziming's every success has his sweat behind it. All of Zheng Ziming's achievements are almost inseparable from the strong support of his eldest brother.

Therefore, to some extent, Zheng Ziming is a shadow of his Chai Rong, or another self. Over the years, almost everything Zheng Ziming has done is what he Chai Rong wants to do but has not had the opportunity to do in person. Every time Zheng Ziming tried a new attempt, he Chai Rong wanted to try, but he didn't dare to try it because he had too many scruples. With Zheng Ziming here, he can temporarily suppress the anxiety in his heart, continue to stay in Bianliang, and be the old and respectful prince. And with him, Zheng Ziming can do whatever he wants outside, let it go, and don't have to consider the open guns and hidden arrows from behind.

No one would be jealous of their shadow and incarnation, and Chai Rong certainly wouldn't. Over the years, the two brothers have been old and serious, the other is flexible and witty, tacitly cooperated, responded to each other, and trampled one ditch after another. In the future, it will be the same!

Alcoholic's note: Cold, cold, terrible cold.